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 * The Glass Castle Assignment

Annotated Bibliography and Interview Questions**

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 * Sher, K.J., Walitzer, K.S., Wood, P.K., Brent, E.E. "Characteristics of children of alcoholics: putative risk factors, substance use and abuse, and psychopathology." __Journal of Abnormal Psychology__ 100(1991):**

(Question #1, 2) This article helped me set up question #1 by informing me that children of alcoholics had a much higher probability of becoming alcoholics themselves than the children of non-alcoholics. It also helped me set up question #2, because the findings of this study show that children of alcoholics, on top of already having a higher probability of becoming alcoholics, also evidenced lower academic achievement and less verbal-ability than the children of non-alcoholics.


 * Johnson, J.L., Leff, M.. "Children of substance abusers: overview of research findings." __Pediatrics__ 103(1999):**

(Question #3) This article helped me in my interview questions because the study showed that of all the risk factors in children of alcoholics (lower academic achievement, less verbal ability, higher expectancy of developing alcoholism, behavioral under-control, neuroticism) the most common risk was the child adopting the parent’s behavior while he/she was under the influence later on in the child’s life.


 * Widom, Cathy Spatz. "Alcohol Abuse as a Risk Factor for and Consequence of Child Abuse." __Alcohol Research and Health__ 25(2001): 52-57.**

(Question #4, 5) This article was key in helping me develop question #4, which I believe is my best interview question. It suggested that children with alcohol-addicted parents had a much higher probability of suffering sexual abuse than other substance abusers. Seeing that Rex Walls was both an alcohol abuser and an irresponsible father, it provides an interesting answer. The article also suggests that alcohol abusers may also suffer from other addictions, which leads to question #5. Whether you say it is alcohol that leads to gambling or gambling that leads to alcohol, it’ll be exciting to find out what the book suggests.


 * Chassin, L., Pillow, D.R., Curran, P.J., Molina, B.S., and Barrera, M. Jr. . "Relation of parental alcoholism to early adolescent substance use: a test of three mediating mechanisms." __Journal of Abnormal Psychology__ 102(1993):**

(Question 6) This study reported even if the parent wasn’t under the influence that children of alcoholics were subject to less parental supervision. That helped me make my last question because I thought it would be interesting to find out what Jeannette Walls thought of her independence.

1) After seeing your father drinking and gambling practically your entire life, were you ever tempted to take a swig of beer or join in on a game of poker? 2) Did you ever feel like you were under-achieving in your academic life? 3) After being a frequent witness to your father’s behavior when he was under the influence, do you feel that you’ve unconsciously adopted some of his less-desirable traits? 4) Do you think it was your father’s irresponsibility or his problem drinking that lead to the multiple occasions on which you were sexually abused? 5) If you were able to cure one of your father’s main addictions (alcohol and gambling), which one would you cure? 6) Did you ever feel like you could do anything you wanted while you were living with your father? By: Sanjay